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Unemployed Virginians Hope For Nuclear Waste Dump Jobs
In McDowell County and nearby areas with high unemployment, officials actively recruit the Monitored Retrieval Storage Facility for spent fuel rods, eyeing up to 1,000 jobs by 1998 while locals praise the project as a potential escape from coal-country poverty. Opponents worry about stigma and skilled-out-of-area hires, yet many former miners express willingness to work at the site if it meets safety requirements.
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Saeger
W.va
U.S. 52
West
Mike Goode
Wyoming County Economic Development Authority
Washington, D.C
Energy Department
United States
West Virginia
Harold L. Wright
First Community Bank
Pineville
Jay Rockefeller
Dw.va
Iverson Justice
McDowell County
Mingo County
Woody Sutphin
Sutphin
Frdra
Virginia